Isla's Point of View. "And a large size of cheese-flavored popcorn," I told the cashier. "It's a large-size sour and cream popcorn, Miss. She made a mistake," Kairos said just right after the cashier punched our order. I looked at him with a questioning look. "Why would you say that? I didn't make a mistake. I know what I ordered. It's a large cheese-flavored popcorn." "But that is not your favorite flavor," he said in a voice that only the two of us get to hear. I nodded my head at him. Of course, it is not. It's his because my favorite flavor of popcorn was sour and cream. I stared at him with my eyes wide open, "Is that why you told her to change it?" "Hmm. I want to try it as well. You are the happiest when you eat your sour cream-flavored popcorn." The female cashier cleared her throat. I grabbed the large box of popcorn off the table, leaving Kairos with our two large sodas. "How did you find out my love for sour cream?" I asked him as we were on our way towards the cinema
Isla's Point of View. Rory leaned her face closer to me. Her lips slightly opened after she got a confirmation that I was close to tearing up. I stayed at the very same spot as she opened her arms for me. When I didn't move an inch, she took a step closer just so she could embrace me. She pulled away from me and then she leveled her face with mine. She is staring at me as if she feels bad about what happened, but the little curve on the corner of her lips that resembles a ghostly smirk says that she is just faking it. "Oh, you are crying. God! I suddenly feel bad. I should have known better than to kiss him back." Rory pouted her lips. I redeemed my composure and smiled at her. "I-It'a fine. It wasn't your fault too. I agreed to this. I was expecting this." Her eyebrow playfully shot up. Rory pursed her lips into thin line and then she nodded her head at me. "Oh, you do? That's great then. I am panicking here. I thought that what happened would leave you devastated." I looked a
Isla's Point of View. My eyes widened immediately after I walked out of the comfort room and I found Kairos standing in front of it and was about to knock on the door. I cleared my throat and slowly pulled myself together in a way that he wouldn't realize how surprised I was to see him here. I pulled the door behind me to close it. I can't risk him seeing Rory inside. "What are you doing here? You could have waited for me outside." Kairos smiled confusedly while he was staring intently at me, asking if I have forgotten something. Good God! What did Rory tell him? The conversation that he had with my look-alike is one of a bunch of things that I'll never find out unless he has a slip of the tongue and tells me. "But you are the one who told me to wait for you here," he said which made me shut my eyes for a quick second. That bitch is up to no good. "Oh," I mumbled. "You forgot?" I didn't! I just didn't know that Rory said that to him. I smile exasperatedly that though I tried
Rory's Point of ViewEven when I am meters away from the table where Nicholas and Isla are sitting. I could see the way my half-brother's eyes sparkled. I know that look in his eyes. That's the look a man gives to a woman he is willing to risk everything for. Nicholas Spencer will put everything on the line the moment he sees just a little hope and chance that he and Isla could happen. I could give him that hope and chance and then I can use him to do all the dirty job for me so here I am now. Seconds after I pressed the doorbell to his unit. Upon checking me on the small screen attached to the wall next to his door. I instantly heard him unlock the door for me. All the worries that one can find in the world are in his eyes right now as I looked at him with my eyes closed to tearing up. "Isla?" He asked. It took me by surprise. I know that I planned to show up here as Isla at first, but the fact that he thinks that I am that woman brought a pang in my chest. I always thought that N
Rory's Point of ViewThe way Nicholas gazes at me makes me softly scoff. His eyes easily offend me. It's like I need to spread out the evidence for him to see before he believes these words of mine. I drink the last drop of my beer from the can and patiently wait for him to process the bomb-like information that I just dropped. "Rory, if you are doing this you could make me agree with whatever scheme that you are trying to pull against Kairos and Isla. This is too much. You are crossing the line." Nicholas took a little pause when he saw the way I was glaring at him now. I gritted my teeth and looked down on the dark floor of his unit. Anger boils in my blood and the only way for me to express it is by laughing. "I am crossing the line?" I asked him. That question was a chance that I gave to him to redeem himself, but when he nodded his head. It felt like I had lost my control and if murder wasn't a sin that would put me behind bars, I would have done it. "I know that I used to sp
Third Person's PovAn emergency happened in New York that Kairos needs to sort out himself and because it's work his father asked Kairos to go check it himself. There is nothing Isla can do to stop him from leaving, hence why she comes home to an empty house. She removed her sneakers and lay in her bed and then she turned on her phone. A sigh escaped her lips after she saw no text message from Kairos. Isla looked around their room in search of something that she could buy online, because at times like this. Retail therapy works best to relieve her stress."My to-receive orders are piled up but one or two more transactions won't hurt me or my pocket, right?" She said, talking to herself.Isla went to her favorite online shopping app. After half an hour of scrolling in there. She couldn't find anything that piqued her interest so she gave upIsla left her phone on her bed to stand up and do her night routine. After spending an hour in the bathroom, she was ready to sleep when her phone
Isla's Point of View My heart was thumping violently against my rib cage. I froze on my spot as the officer showed me his handcuffs. José tried to run away but was soon cornered by the rest of the police officers that the one who was standing in front of me to arrest me was with.“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have a right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.”“S-Sir, I…"“You didn't know that this is an illegal transaction, Mrs. Lancaster? Is that what you are trying to tell me?” He asked, and I felt relieved hearing that from him. I nodded my head and put down my hands that I was offering to him to put the handcuffs on. The police officer smirks at me as he lightly shakes his head. “Born into wealth or married to one. You rich people are all the same. All of you are shameless.” I closed my mouth and swallowed hard after I realized that it was probably for th
Isla's Point of ViewI wonder who else watches the stars and moon at 2:30 am as if he wasn't pointing a gun at someone else's head because he doesn't want to remove the handcuff from me. The Kairos that I saw in the police station are very different from the Kairos that I know. He seems like a different person to me. Right there and then. I couldn't but wonder if that was the monster that Rory always talked about.The cold winds are blowing softly against the strands of our hair and skin. Its coldness is never a bother to me anyway. Staying inside my husband's embrace keeps me warm. I enjoy it here.Kairos was kissing my hair and then he would comb it with his long fingers."You run away from Mommy? I thought that you were going to spend the night with her. She told me that she need some time with you." "I missed you. I will talk to her and your Dad first thing in the morning, so I guess. It's okay that I went home to you instead of their house," I said while looking up at him, givin